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7 Thursday, 7 PM
Ayn Rand
In conversation with political scientist John Brady
Britting, archivist at the Ayn Rand Institute, discusses his biography of the popular, original and controversial novelist (Fountainhead) who founded a school of social thought—Objectivism.
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12 Tuesday,7 PM
The River, Book Three
MacAdams, poet and eco-visionary, premieres The River, Book Three, a continuation of his mini-epic about his life and work among the trash bags and red-wing blackbirds of the much-maligned Los Angeles River.
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14 Thursday,7 PM
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage,
and the Quest for the Color of Desire Pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists and spies all joined the chase for cochineal, a spectacular red dye that was once one of the world’s most precious commodities. Greenfield, whose grandfather and great-grandfather were dyers, carries the reader over centuries and continents in her visual lecture.
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19 Tuesday, 7 PM
An evening with Ana Marie Cox
Moderated by Mickey Kaus, LA-based blogger
Cox, editor of Wonkette, the raunchy and gossipy DC political blog, discusses everything from the future of the blogosphere and the role of satire in American politics to Karl Rove, sexy Republican interns and her upcoming novel, Dog Days.
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26 Tuesday, 7 PM
A lively night of fiction, poetry, and memoir by the 2005 Rosenthal Fellows: Cynthia Bond; Jawanza Dumisani; Robbie Frandsen; Qevin Oji; Lan Tran; and Alia Yunis.
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28 Thursday, 7 PM
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
In conversation with writer David L. Ulin
Solnit—activist and cultural historian—draws on emblematic moments of uncertainty, trust, loss, memory, desire and place in brilliant autobiographical essays exploring how we find ourselves or lose ourselves.
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| AUGUST |
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ALOUD at Central Library will be on hiatus for the month of August,
but will resume in September. |
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RESERVATIONS
ALOUD: Online Request ZÓCALO: Online Request Seating is limited. Reservations strongly recommended. Stand-bys are welcome and may be available to patrons at the start of each program, in person only, beginning one hour before event. Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium Fifth & Flower Streets, Downtown Los Angeles Unless otherwise noted, all programs are FREE of charge. A book signing follows MOST programs. Books are available for purchase courtesy of the Library Store. (10% discount for Library Associates) All programs are subject to change. |
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PARKING
524 S. Flower St. Garage $7 maximum weekdays after 4 PM. $1 all day Saturday and Sunday with validation. You must present your Los Angeles Public Library card to receive validation. Parking validations are only honored during regular library hours. |
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